February 1, 2018 Dear BajaInsider Subscribers: We’re bringing back our Insider Updates with this, the first edition of 2018. There is plenty happening in the week ahead and we take a look at the upcoming holidays and the beginning of Carnaval La Paz and Carnaval Ensenada. The US Travel Warning for all of Mexico has […]
Category: baja-california-sur
Eastern Pacific Tropical Cyclone Information
Posted onTuesday June 12, 2018 Hurricane Bud is now about 300 miles south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas and has weakened slightly, to once again become a Category 3 Hurricane and forecast calls for a fairly rapid dissipation over the next 36hrs. Current forecasts call for Bud to turn more northward and make landfall near Todos Santoa, just […]
Map of the Baja California Sur Loop
Posted onBeginning in Cabo San Lucas you could do a full day whirlwind tour (we recommend a longer timeframe) of the Cape region, which runs north along the Pacific side to the quaint artsy town of Todos Santos. You then will continue on north and to the east through the dessert to eventually arrive in capitol […]
Hurricane John South of Cabo San Lucas
Posted onJOHN MAINTAINING 105-MPH WINDS… SUMMARY OF 300 PM MDT…2100 UTC…INFORMATIONLOCATION…18.7N 110.5WABOUT 295 MI…470 KM S OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…105 MPH…165 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT…NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 10 MPH…17 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…969 MB…28.62 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect. Interests in the southern portion […]
Map of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Posted onCabo San Lucas commonly called Cabo in English, or Los Cabos when referring to the city in conjunction with San Jose del Cabo, is a city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Cabo San Lucas together with San José del Cabo is known as […]
First Week Sees Record Number of Confirmed Cases of COVID-19
Posted onThe first full week of January 2022 saw a record number of new cases of COVID-19 presenting in Baja California Sur. For five consecutive days there were more than 1000 new cases per day reported in the state. There were four deaths from the virus in the past week. State Healthcare officials speculated that as […]
Threat Passed for Tropical Cyclone John
Posted onJOHN WEAKENS TO A REMNANT LOW ~ THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY… SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT…1500 UTC…INFORMATIONLOCATION…26.8N 121.1WABOUT 475 MI…760 KM SSW OF SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIAMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…35 MPH…55 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT…NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 10 MPH…17 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1003 MB…29.62 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGSThere are no coastal watches or warnings in effect. […]
Tropical Storm Bud Now a Baja Memory
Posted on( Some users may have to clear browsing history to see the latest satellite images.) 6AM MDT 15 June: All Watches and Warning for the Baja Peninsula have been lifted BUD AND ITS REMNANTS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE STATE OF SONORA AND THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES… SUMMARY OF 900 AM MDT…1500 UTC…INFORMATIONLOCATION…25.3N […]
Map of East Cape, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Posted on<p>The term “East Cape” here in Baja, refers to the lovely and largely unspoiled (comparatively) region beginning just east of San Jose del Cabo and running northward along the Sea of Cortez about 100 miles to Bahia de Los Frailles. Some say the East Cape hubs of Buena Vista and Los Barriles, magnificently situated on […]
Tropical Storm Warnings for the Tip of Baja California Sur
Posted onBUD WEAKENS A LITTLE MORE WHILE MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR… 09 PM MDT June 13, 2018: The government of Mexico has continued a Tropical Storm Warning for southern Baja California Sur from Santa Fe to La Paz, including Cabo San Lucas. BUD EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA […]
